(Author's Note – Now, the ride to Hogwarts will be this chapter. I hope you all enjoying this story so far. Right, I don't own Harry Potter. Enjoy)
The sound of the passing train woke me from my sleep. Wouldn't matter, I haven't slept well anyway. I'm so excited, I'm going to Hogwarts and I'm going to learn magic. Now, I just got to wait for Thomas. Hang on, what's the time? Looking at the clock, 9:23. I better get up. No breakfast beforehand won't help contain my excitement. Pulling myself out of bed, I slipped out of my PJs and I just flopped on a white t-shirt with the Big Ben logo on the front, black shorts and some short, black cowboys boots. I looked at Little Bell and she was still sleeping.
"Come on Bell, wake up. It's time to go." She pulls herself out of her trance and does a little stretch before she jumps onto the floor and walks down with me while I'm carrying down the cat cage and my Hogwarts case. I reached down and I sit down at table 11. Tom, the bartender, comes over to me.
"Now, what will it be, Miss Lestrange?" He asked me.
"Do you have cereal?" I asked
"Why yes, we do. I get you that. Would you like a glass of juice with it?" He said
"Yes, please." I responded. He nods and he heads back to the bar. I look at the local paper. It was something called The daily Prophet. I had a look, nothing really interesting. Ah, my breakfast has just arrived, cool. I happily dug into it, and it is alright, not as good as the breakfast I had yesterday, but still. The silent morning was good but a black owl just flew through the front window and landed right in front of me. I look around in case its owner was around. It stuck its leg out and it had a letter attached to it, the letter was addressed to me. How did someone knew who I was? I carefully untie the letter from the owl's leg. The owl just took a bit of my cereal and took off. I opened the letter and it read,
You may not know me, but I know you. I knew your mother, you can say, we are very close. Your mother left this in my procession before she was taken away, it was time it was returned to you.
I pulled out the weird looking thing and I was shocked. It was a charm bracelet, with my name on it. It also have some writing on it.
To our beautiful, little Sophie
We will always love you
Love, your mother and father
I could not believe it, I got my own charm bracelet.
"Where did you get it?" Thomas asked as he came to my table.
"I don't know. An owl came in and gave it to me. Someone kept it safe for my mum and now they were returning it to me. Thomas, what did my parents do that landed them in jail?" I said.
"I'm sorry Sophie, I'm no the right person to answer that." He responded. "Ah, don't look down. Come on, you're going to Hogwarts. Come on, I'll grab your stuff." He added. We left the tavern and I enter the car that Thomas owned. Half a hour later, we arrive at kings cross station. We walked inside the station and pass security. Well, Thomas flashes his Army badge and they let us through. Nitro stopped and handed my ticket to me. I was in awe, it was gold but the platform number was confusing. It said nine and ¾.
"Thomas, there must be a mistake, this says platform nine and ¾. There is no such thing, is there?" I said
"The platform is real, it just 'hidden from view. 'Now come on." He said and walked off. I followed him to the lifts and he took to platform nine but it wasn't there.
"Ah, here we are." He said. Where? We are three-quarters of the way on Platform nine but it wasn't really there. Is this a trick? "Now, you run straight through the wall and that will take you on the Platform." Thomas said with a smile.
"WHAT?! Are you mad?!" I shouted back.
"Don't worry, it just a magical barrier put there. It is there to keep muggles out." He said
"muggles?" I asked.
"Non-magical folk, like me." He answered.
"Well, what am I?" I asked him.
"Well, your parents is a all magical family, or in simple terms, Pure-Bloods. You are a Pure-Blood. Now are we going through the barrier or what?" He said. I gulped loudly and took a look at the wall. I started to run, I closed my eyes and luck had it, I didn't hear a bang. When I opened my eyes, I can't believe my eyes. It was a old fashion stream train with old fashion carriages. I smiled at this thought.
"How about we get you a seat?" Thomas said. I nodded and we boarded the train and Thomas had founded me a empty compartment.
"Alright, comfortable?" He asked. I nodded. "Good, now I best be off. I got to meet up with my commanding officer. You will be alright, I'll see you at Hogwarts." He said. I waved at him and he waved back to me as he stepped off the train. A couple of minutes later, the train started to move. Finally, I was on my way to Hogwarts.
(An Hour Later)
I was looking outside the window at the moving landscape. God, did it look so beautiful. I decided to let Little Bell out of her cage so she can stretch her legs. After a minute of stretching, she cuddles up next to me, making me giggle. Then a trolley lady shows up with mountains of sweets.
"Anything off the trolley, sweetie?" She asked in a loving tone.
"Um, what do you have?" I asked Shyly.
"We have Every Flavor Beans, Drooble's Gum, Chocolate Frogs, Pumpkin Pasties, Cauldron Cakes, and many other things, dear," she said kindly.
"Um, can I-I have one of each, plus some water, if you have any." I said. The loving lady just smiled and handed me everything.
"That would be three sickles, please." She said. I gave her the coins and sat back down and dove into a pumpkin pastries. There was a knock at the door and I looked up. Oh my god, it was that girl from that bookshop. What was her name, again? Hermione? Yeah, that's right.
"Hello Sophie." She said
"Hello, Hermione" I responded
"Would you like some company?" Hermione said.
"Uh, y-y-yes, that would be nice." I answered. God, why am I stuttering around her?
"So, you enjoying the train ride so far? She asked.
"Yeah, it is cool. I can't believe what is happening? Magic is real." I squealed out.
"Yeah, I didn't believe it at first, but after Professor McGonagall show me and my parents magic. I loved it and I can't wait to get started."
"Yeah, me too" I said Shyly. There was a another knock and I show a short, chubby boy at the door, and by the looks of it, he was about to cry.
"Um, h-have y-you seen my t-toad?" He said
"Um, no." I answered. "Do you need help to find him?" I added.
"Yeah, we will help you. I'm Hermione." She said
"I'm Neville" he said
"Sophie" I said. We left and Neville went up to the next carriage and we looked in this one. We stopped at a certain one. It held a red haired, badly dressed boy and the other one had black, messy bangs and glasses. Hermione was the first one to speak.
"Have you two boys seen a toad? A boy named Neville's lost one." She said.
"No" the red-haired boy said.
"Oh are you doing magic?" I asked
"Yeah" he said cheerfully
"Well, let's see it then" she said.
Ron cleared his throat, pointing his wand at Scabbers. "Sunshine, daisies, butter mellow. Turn this stupid fat rat yellow." He flourished his wand. Nothing happened. Scabbers merely rolled over and remained grey and fast asleep.
"Are you sure that's a real spell?" I asked
"Well, it's not real good is it?" Hermione said. I was starting to like this girl.
"Personally, I only a few simple ones myself, but they all work for me." She walked into the room while pulling her wand out and pointing it at the guy with the glasses.
"For example, Occulus Reparo." She said. The boy's glasses all of a sudden look as brand new.
"Holy cricket, you're Harry Potter. I'm Hermione Granger. And you are?" She said.
"I'm Ron Wealsey" He said with his mouth full of food.
"Pleasure. You two better change into your robes. I expect we will be arriving soon." Hermione said. 'Oh and you got dirt on your nose. Did you know? Just there." She told him before leaving. After we walked back to my compartment, she spoke.
"You should get changed too" Hermione said.
"Yeah, I should. You really own it back there." I said
"Oh, it was nothing, you know. Why didn't you introduce yourself back there?" She said.
"Oh, I'm really shy and I don't have many friends. And as a matter of fact, the orphanage that I stayed at got burnt down and I was sort of kicked out onto the street." I said, starting to trailed of.
"Oh, you poor thing" she said while pulling me into a hug. At first, it felt weird but then it started to feel nice.
"We will be arriving at Hogwarts in five minutes" the speaker shouted out.
"I should get changed." I said. Hermione nodded and said "I'll wait for you out here." I nodded and I went inside the compartment. Eventually, I got changed as the train started pulling into the station. I was finally here at Hogwarts.
(Author's Note – Finally, Sophie has made it to Hogwarts. Now, next chapter, the sorting hat comes into play. Like and review, and until next time, Kizzard245 out!)